Monday – Gospels

Reading – Matthew 19-20

Highlight Verses:

““Lord,” they said, “we want to see!” Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Instantly they could see! Then they followed him.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭20‬:‭33‬-‭34‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Jesus turned more than tables upside-down.

Today’s reading highlights several teachings and attitudes of the religious that Jesus turned upside-down:

• The ease which divorce could be granted to men. (19:6)
• The idea that He shouldn’t be bothered with children. (19:14
• The hopelessness of truly finding a relationship with God. (19:26)
• That God would favor the hardest workers. (20:16, 26)
• That the Messiah would overthrow the Romans. (20:18-19)
• That the imperfect should be ignored.

The true Gospel turned all these ideas around.

In two of these cases, Jesus also met a basic human need – touch.

He touched the children when He blessed them, bridging the gap of formality.

Then Jesus brought a healing touch to the blind men, turning around the idea that the imperfect need to be kept separate.

Jesus turned the religion of the day on its head.

He is still flipping our pious religious ideas around when they contradict the Gospel.

What religious ideas do we harbor now need to be flipped?
Are there any specific things this passage inspires you to do to live out the Gospel? What are they?